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Just finished swapping my new engine into my xr6t, and the turbo blew.

I have done some pricing around, and it seems these gt3540 IWG turbos are overpriced as all hell. Ford priced me $3500 and that was supposedly a good price from them lol.

$2500 was the best oz price. $1450 aud from US. Big price difference.

It just seems a shame to spend so much on a stock item.

Is ther anything I'm overlooking, perhaps a different turbo choice.

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definitely find a secondhand one...prob cost you $600ish check for sale threads and ebay man they always seem to pop up...make sure you eyeball it first and check it out to make sure its not a dud. f*ck paying $2500 for a new one

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Sorry to hear mate. Ford retail was about $4200 when I checked about a month ago so $3500 is cheap. If you want to stay with the sameish turbo, you could grab a Garrett 3582. Should be able to pick one up for around $2300 new. Give some of the site sponsors a yell mate. Try Chris at Rapid Systems. The Garret turbos have the high nickel rear housing as well as a larger intake and steel cage for bearings as well as a larger wastegate port and flapper than the Ford unit.

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$1450 can get a new complete turbo from US. My compressor housing has some deep gouges in it now.

I'll try get a second hand one cheap. If I was gonna spend more the a grand, I feel it should be towards an upgrade. Not for a stocker.

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jarod the stock turbo is good for 400kwish so why bother going bigger? considering that you werent even going to mod this ute lol

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I just spoke to tune house, and Tony suggested I send the turbo to them to get reco'd waste gate flapper and porting done.

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I cant remember the post...but there is someone you send your turbo off to and they put the t04z stuff in your turbo. Cant recall what happens or where it goes to, but might be worth looking into if someone can find the link on here. Was about 2 weeks ago. RIP_HSV I think is doing the conversion, or has a turbo already that has the conversion... blah... my memory is as bad as a goldfish

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You might have been referring to this post http://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=69210 .

It does look interesting. Would like to see how it goes and costs involved.

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